> More likely to talk back.

Yes, that's great. Push back, tell me why I'm wrong or why we should do it differently (with reasons and data, of course). Those are the best team members.

I currently manage an engineering team and all my team members are awesome, but the older ones are better at being informedly opinionated, which is very important.

> tell me why I'm wrong or why we should do it differently. Those are the best team members.

those companies are rare. and most of the companies are still 100% top down with no talk back and everyone being a yes man.